Delivering Rheumatic Heart Disease Diagnosis at Scale: Performance of an Integrated Public Health Screening Program in Northern Uganda

Task-shifted echocardiographic screening can be effectively integrated into low-resource health systems. Accelerating Delivery of Rheumatic Heart Disease Preventive Services in Northern Uganda trained a local screening workforce and identified 126 new RHD cases in its first year. Moderate sensitivity and subgroup variability indicate opportunities for improvement through targeted training and supportive technologies.